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Common Names
Lemon
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 8000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Essential Oil | 23.0 | 400.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 8000.0 | -0.45 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Petiole | not available | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 0.0 | 2.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 100.0 | 3500.0 | -0.39 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Petiole | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-HUMULENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 10.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | 80.0 | -1.25 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 3300.0 | -0.64 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | 65900.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Petiole | not available | 8.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | 40.0 | 1270.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 7000.0 | -0.70 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 7000.0 | -0.69 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Petiole | not available | 595.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SINENSAL | 0 | Petiole | not available | 1.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Secretomotor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 23 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotonin-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Spasmogenic | 6 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spasmolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stimulant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Stomachic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Succinoxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 4 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sympathomimetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Systolic-Depressant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Tachycardic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratogenic | 4 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |